Railroad-ticket machine.



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RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

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RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 22, |913.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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RAILROAD ICKET MACHINE.

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RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

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RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED oc |.22. |913.

F11. WILLS, DEC'D.

H. B. WILLS, EXECUTRIX.

RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, I9rl3.

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Patented June 27, 1916.

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H. B. WILLS, E XECUTRIX.

RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.22. |913.

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RAILROAD TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2z, |913.

1,188,519, Patented June 27, 1916.

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FRANK J'. WILLS, DECEASED. BY HARRIET B. WILLS. EXECUTRIX. OF WINCHESTER. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

RAILROAD-TICKET MACHINE.

Application filed October 22, 1913.

To 1N /cm/n muy concern.'

ley it known that l. ll.\i:i:ii:'r l5. \\il.i.s,y a citi/.en otl the VUnited States. residing at Winchester, county ot' Middlesex. in the State, of Massachusetts. executrix ot' the estate of FRANK J. \\'ii.i.s. late a citizen o'l the United States.y deceased. who did in his lit'etime invent certain new and uset'ul lin proveineuts in liailroad-'lielwt Machines. do declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description ot said invention.

This invention relates to ticket issuing machines and has more particular relation to that class ot' ticket issuing machines adapted for use in issuing tickets tor rail ways. steamships or analogous uses.

'.l`he general ohiect ot' the present invention is to provide an etlicieiit` machine t'oi use in railroad stations to issue tickets good` only between the station at which the niachine is located and other established .stations along lines ot travel.

lt will readily be seen that the invention in its present embodiment is capable ot' other uses. such Vt'or instance as on steainship lines, i'erry lilies and lines ot' local travel. etc.

ln inoditied ioi'insthe invention whole and also various parts thercol are ca palile ol' a large number ot other uses such as in cash and credit registers. adding and calculating machines. ticket printing and issuing machines. workuieifs time recorders, voting machines. bank machines. and a large number otA other analogous or .similar niachiiies. The invention as a whole or any part ot' the saine is there tore capable ol' use in other embodiments without` constituting a depar ture t'roni the .scope ot the present inventioli.

()ne oll the prime objects ot' the invention is to provide a compact and ellicient machine which will enable the printing and issuing oll tickets t'or any one ot' a large number of stations and for automatically controlling the recording ot the issue oi' the ticket so as io prevent an adroit manipulation oii the part ot. the ticket seller,

Another object ot the invention is to provide a mechanism capable ot issuing various classes ot' tickets i'or the same destination. .In the sale olI railway tickets it is necessary to provide not only Vlor `-t'ull l'are`` tickets ilIN il Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 796,643.

but also for "half fare" and "excursion" tickets. The present invention provides suitable controlling devices whereby tickets ot' the various classes may be issued by the one machine. 'l`he machine is shown as providing t'or the three classes of tickets above mentioned but the construction is capable otl development to provide a wider scope without departing from the spiritot' the invention.

Another object is to prov ide an improved j'orni of totalizing mechanism for keeping a record ot' the total value ot' tickets issued of all classes and stations.

.t further object ot'l the invention is to provide an etiieient machine for enabling a detail record ot all tickets used. and to pirovide mechanism whercl 1y a mechanical audit may be had to determine the total number ot tickets issued to each station together with the class ot tickets. that is. "full farel` "half tare". "excursion". etc.. and the total amount ot cash received or which should have been received in payment for the tickets issued.

lt is one ot' the objects otI the invention to so construct the audit controllingmechanism whereby a simple preliminary adjustment by the operator will serve to disable certain otz the mechanisms which are. employed in a ticket printing operation. and pernrit ot' the use ot' others tor auditing purposes.

.\s au incident to the design ot' an ctlicient machine ol' the above type it is the purpose ot' the present invention also to improve the details otl construction ot the machine bv the provision ot more etticient means for keeping a detail record oi' tickets issued and also to provide an improved form of totali'/.iiig and printing mechanisms.

ln Ilnited States Letters Patent No. .s203711 issued May Sth, 1906, t0 the present inventor. there is shown and described a torni ot' ticket issuing machine which is highly eti'ieient in the performance of the functions for which it was designed. However. the present invention contemplates the performance of additional functions such as keepiiig a detail record ot' the number of tickets of each station which are issued wherelf.v a complete audit may be had. In

railway ticket printingr machines heretotoi-e designed no means were provided for enabling a record and audit of thls nature and it is one of the objects of the present invention to provide separate recording means whereby a record may at all times be kept ot' the number of tickets Yissued to each station. ln the design ot mechanism to j ieriorm this function there provided an improved toria ot' counting mechanism which shown and described herein but which will be. particularly described and claimed in a separate copending' application Serial No. 'modi-ll vtiled .by the present applicant on October 2;. 1914.

With these and 'incidental objects in view.I the invention consists in certain novel features ot1 construction and coii'il'inations of parts the essential elements oit' which are set lorth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and l'orm part of this specification.

Ut' the said drawings: Figure 1 is a front view' ot the machine partly in section, the supporting means :for the control devices being omitted so as clearly to present the printingr mechanism to view'. .I`ig. 2 is a right proiile. of the entire machine. Fig.l is a lcl't profile of the entire machine. Fig. -l is a cross section of the machine taken on the line -i---l ot Fig. 1 and looking to the righhrand including the control devices and supporting means there'l'or. Fig. .L3 is a. cross section taken on the line 5---5 of Fig. 1 and looking to the right. Fig. 6 is a. cross scction ofthe .machine taken on the line (i-( ol lfig. 1 and looking to the right. Fig. 7 is a. cross section of the machine taken on the line 7*"1' of Fig. V1 and looking to the right. lt`ig. 8 is a vtull sized partial. top cross section oi'the machine taken on the line 8-8 of Vig. 1 and looking downward. Fig. S is a full sized sectional view of a portion of the printing mechanism looking to the rear and showing the impression and inking mechanisn'is. lfig. J is a full sized detail view of the main printing device. Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are full sized detail views of sections of the main printing device appropriate to the ticket issuing section of the machine, Figs. and 12 being views looking to the left and Fig. ll a view looking to the right. Fig. 13 is a full sized cross section of the totalizing mechanism and actuators therefor. Fig. 13"L is a. detail view of the totalizer transfer mechanism. Fig. 14 a l'ull sized top `plan view of the totalizing meclninism. Fig. 15 is a full sized detail view ot' a part of the totalizer mechanism. Fig. 1G is a detail perspective. view ol' the auxiliary transfer devices of the totalizing' mechanism. Fig. 17 is a full sized detail` view of a. cani for controlling the totalizing and check severing mechanism and also of a. disabling` device for the totalizing mechanisin with its connecting parts. Fig. 18 is a full sized detail view of a mechanism for differentially positioning the printing electros carried by thc ticket printing section of the printing device. Fig'. lf) is an enlarged dctail view of a oitsecutive number printing wheel together with the aliiiing and locking device. lt'igsthifyQZ andV Z-l are enlarged. det ail vicwsot` one ot' the con trol devices. Fi 2li. and 2o are enlarged perspectives ot' the, lunits and tens slides respectively of the counting mechanism of a control device. Fig. .)t is iull sized top j lan view ot a coinplete control device showing the adjustable consecutive number slides in adjusted position. Fig. 27 is a t'ull sized plan view ot a control device showing the printing type carried therelrv and the adjusting means Ytor the consecutive number slides. Fig. 28 is a` full sized view of a preferred form otl ticket issued by the disclosed embodiment ot the invention. Fig. 2f) is a .full sized view of a portieri ot' the audit strip used in the .machine shi/iwing the detail record of tickets as issued together with an audit ot the di tferent control devices showing the number of tickets issued to each station.

As above stated no machine heretofore designed has provided for the performance of the function of keeping a record ot how many tickets have been 'issued to each of the stations. although consecutive number count.- ers and printing devices have been provided whereby a` record is made ot the number of tickets issued by the machine as a whole. This information is considered highly desirable by auditing forces of large railways and one ot the purposes of the present invention is tio provide an efticient mechanism for the performance of this function.

Machines have been designed which provide a plurality of control devices which are adapted to cooperate with thc common printing mechanism to enable the printing of different tickets for the different stations. An improved ,t'orin ot' control device has been shown in the present application and forms the subject matter of a copending application as hereinbcfore stated. The control devices shown herein are in the form of separate means which are carried by a` common supporting device. In the present einbodiment of the invention the common supporting means is adjusted as a preliminary to an operation ol the machine thereby insuring a proper adj ustmcnt of the desired control device relative to the printing mecha- .nism and eliminating the necessity of a large amount of time in operating as well as eliminating complicated mechanism, for selecting a control device for use upon the operation ot the machine, according to some preferred form ol' j iredetermining means.

lii the prior patent hereinbefore mentioned which issued to the present inventor, there are shown a plurality of control devices which are supported by a common supportingl means adjusted upon an operation of the machine. There the adjustment of the supporting means is controlled by a series of keys any one of which may be opeated to predetermine the control devices which will be brought to a posititon of eooperalion with the printing device upon the operation of the. machine. ln the present construction7 however, the mechanism has been considerably simplified as above stated.

The control devices shown in the present embodiment of the invention comprise a printing slide which is adapted to print the destination on an issued ticket and also upon the audit strip. Means are also carried by different control devices for controlling the differential actuation ot' the totalizer mech-- anism. Adjustable means are carried by eacl ofthe. control devices whereby a record is kept ot' the number of ticket issuing operations in which each control device is cmployed, said adjustable means forming a controllingr means for the adjustable printing means carried by the printing device, whereby the consecutive number of the ticket to a certain destination is printed on the ticket and audit strip well as the consecutive number of the machine operation. By the provision ot' the mechanism above described in general terms it will be seen that the gem eral construction of the machine has been greatly simplified.

Described in detail the machine embodies the main side frames 5t), 5l, and 52 which are rigidly mounted on any suitable form of base. The side frames serve to support the several oj'terating parts of the machine and particularly the operating shafts which eX- tend across the machine. (See Figs. l and 2.) rl`he motive power is applied to theJ machine by means of an operating crank handle :"I mounted at the right hand end ot the machine ou a short shaft 5l which ,is supported by the side l'rame o2 and an auxiliary support or standard 55. \\'hile the shaft 5l is shown as rotated by the operating handle 5l it will readily be seen that it may be rotated by any other form of mechanism or device such, for instance. as an electric motor or lever, as preferred. lligidly carried by the 'shaft 5t is a gear 56 which meshes with a gear 57 rigidly mounted on a short shaft 5S also supported by the side frame 32 and standard 55. 'l`he shaft 5S extends a short distance inside the side frame 3;) and carries a cam Till for operating certain parts` of the machine as hereinafter described` (Figs. l and T) The shaft 5S also carries a disk titl between the side f'f'alne 52 and the standard 55 in which o. is formed a cam groove lll cooperating with a pin ($2 carried by an arm ll pivoted at (it to the base of the machine. The groove lll is so formed as to provide a shoulder o5, and

the pin (32 carried by the arm (lil is normally in the position shown in lfig. l thereby preventing an operation of the machine. The. lever (lil is adapted to be rocked ina manner hereinafter described to cause the pin tl! to lnove to the right beyond the shoulder (l5. This, it will readily be seen, will serve to unlock the machine and permit one complete rotation ofthe shaft 5S. Upon a completion of a single rotation of the shaft 5h the formation of the, groove ot will have served to effect a restoration of the lever (lil to normal position wherein the pin (32 will engage the shoulder ($5 on the completion of a single rotation of the shaft 5S thereby preventing further rotation of the shaft.

A\lso rigidly mounted on the shaft 5l is a mutilated gear titl which cooperates with a companion mutilated gear U7 fast on a shaft b extending between the side frames 5l and o2. The purpose of the mutilated gearinjeis to provide an intermittent operation of the. shaft (3S during the operation of the main operating shaft 51 but the gearing is so timed as to etl'ect a complete rotation of the shaft lle in a counter clockwise direction. Il`he shaft (58 also carries a gear G1) which meshes with a small pinion TU carried by a shouldered screw 71. fast to the side frame 52. The pinion 7l) meshes with a gear 72, fast on the right hand end of a shaft Til which is thus adapted to be given a single rotation in a counter clockwise direction at each operation of the machine.

The shaft 5l has fast thereon a bevel gear 7l which meshes with a similar bevel gear fast on a shaft 7l) tlfie'. 2) extending upward and rearward at an angle and supported in a pair of bearings 'il' and 78 mounted on the right hand .side of the frame 52. At its upper end the shaft 7f3 carries a second bevel gear Tt) which meshes with :l bevel gear t) loosely mounted on a, stud Sl fast on the right hand side of `frame 5;. Un its left hand end just within the side frame 52 the shaft 5l carries a pinion S2 which meshes with an intermediate pinion S3 meshingr with a gear l fast on :t rotatable sha l't H5 which is thus given a single rotation at each rotation of the shaft (See Figs. 1 and 7).

(font/'ol t/crif,'c-.-i\s shown in Figs. L), 4, 5, and 7 there are provided a plurality of control devices S8 which are detachably carried hy pins Sil rigidly mounted on the periphery of a pair of disks tlf) which are fast on a rotatable sleeve Jl supported between the side trames of the machine. The control devices 8S are in the forln of long plates each of which is provided with a pair of holes J2 adapted to cooperate with the pills SS) to support the control devices S5? on the two supporting disks .lll (see Figs. 4, lo and 2T); lt will readily be seen that when the control devices are mounted in lit) llffl Y stance, are in the Vthis or any other fashion it is absolutely necessary to reduce the amount of space occupied `by the control devices as much as possible. The control devices shown in the present application are therefore made very slender so that as many control devices may be arranged on the supporting means as possible.

Along one edge the main body portion of a control device SS is 'formed .vith a groove U3 (Ngs. 2G and 2T) adapted to receive removable printing plates Jl and 95 bearing the destination to be printed on a ticket As the conand audit strip respectively.

trol device is to print the destination on both the issued ticket and the audit strip it essential to have the control device ot' the length shown and n ith the two printing plates. f.

At the left handcnd ot the control dc vices are mountcd a series of amount determining means which, in .the present inp form ot' pins 1)(3. .As shown in Fig. 2U, the pins Slt? may be made of ditiierent length so as dillerentially to control the actuators for the totalizing mechanism in a manner hereinafter described and in aoA eordance with the price of the tickets to the cirrespoin'ling destination. lVhile the amount determining means have been shovvn in the present instance in the :form ol the pins Utl rigidly mounted on the rnd of the control device 88, it will readily be seen that. amount determining means might be provided in other 1n \ans without ,departing from the spirit ot the present invention. As such details ol construction relative to the amount determining means torni no part o't` the present invention it is snllicient for illustration to show the amount determining means in the form illustrated in Fig. 2li.

ln order to sinn'ility the mechanism for retaining a detail record ol the number el tickets which are issued oi any class to anv one. destination it is preferable to provide in the control device. adjustable means whereby the record may be retained by the slide itself. In the form shown in the present invention the record Vretaining means is in the 'form ot' a step b v step counter which is adapted to be advanced one step upon each ticket issuing' operation ol' a control device. ln order thatV the control devices may oecnp'v as small an amount nl' space as pos sible a novel form ot' step by step counter has been provided in the present Ytorni ol' control devices whereby the entire counter may be inclosed within the bounds of the main body portion ot' the control device. lt is therefore necessary to provide a very small Yform oll step by step counter without in any degree. lessening the elliciency of the same. 'Phe step by step counters carried by the control device.` are an essential l'ea- Ving oi' ture of the machine as a Whole and in fact form a vital part thereof, as they form a basis of auditing the entire business handled by the machine.

The step by step counter shown in Connection with the present invention comprises a plurality of slides 97 which are mounted to slide in grooves formed in the main body portion of the control devices. In the embodiment shown there are provided only i'onr slides 9T the capacity of the step by step counter thereby being limited to 9999. lt will readily be seen, however, that additional slides may be provided without departing from the spirit ot' the present invention. The slides are adapted to be ad jnsted by movement to the right as shown in Figs. Lt), 2l, 22 and 23 but are normally spring drawn to normal position b v springs 91S which at their right hand end are connected to the lett hand end of the slides UT, and the left hand ends of the springs are all connected to a pin 99 fast in the body portion ot' the control device.

,is common in many forms of step by step counters the operating movement is given merely to the units element which in the present instance is in the form of the units slide which is the upper 011e shown .in Fig. 2t) and is shown in perspective in Fig. 2l. All ot' the slides normally stand in the zero position shown in said ligure and transfer' mechanism is provided where,- by upon the tenth step ot' movement ot' the units slide a single unit ot movement is transmitted to the second or tens slide and the units slide is allowed to spring back to normal zero position. The units slide is operated upon each ticket issuing operation oll the. machine,.which involves the particular controller by an operating finger 100 (Fig. 2T) which will behcreinafter more particularly described. As shown in Fig. 3o. the slides 9T and all cooperating parts are inclosed in the shell casing 102 so as to i'irot'ect the parts. The finger l0() cooperates with ratchet teeth 101 formed on the top ot' the units slides as shown in Figs. il. 2t) and llpon each ticket issuing operation of the machine the operating finger lot) is etl'ective to pass through the opening 108 formed in the casing 102, of the control device brought into operative position and impart a single step of movement to the units slide.

ln order to retain the slides in adjusted position` each ol the same is formed on its under side with ratchet teeth lol cooper ating with a plurality ot spring tingen* ltl l'ormed on a spring plate ltltl carried by the casing 102. lt will readily be seen thai the lingers lofi will hold the slides in ad justed position.

'The inechaoi--ln providing lor the i: rnv-- a sing@y unil. lion the units ,sinh-1o 

